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  • Last-mile robotic delivery firm Coco raises $36M

    TechCrunch

    Los Angeles delivery robot startup Coco this week has announced $36 million in funding. The Series A was led by Sam Altman, Silicon Valley Bank and Founders Fund, with participation from Sam Nazarian, Ellen Chen and Mario Del Pero. It brings the company’s total funding up to around $43 million. “I strongly believe the delivery service industry in its current state is massively under-serving merchants. We have an enormous opportunity to create a better experience for hundreds of thousands of mer…

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  • Rentible, Decentralized Proptech Platform, Set for Commercial Release in Q4 2021

    PR Newswire

    The innovative developments and growing adoption of blockchain technology, and all it represents, undoubtedly pass as history in the making, just like sharing economies did in the previous decade, and developers and entrepreneurial ventures are advancing this technological evolution by utilizing blockchain tech into new mainstream platforms and services.

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  • Real estate startup Flyhomes aims to address homebuyer’s remorse with new guarantee

    GeekWire

    A remedy for homebuyer’s remorse: Real estate startup Flyhomes today unveiled a new offering called Flyhomes Guarantee for Buyers that gives clients a way to move out of a home they recently purchased. It’s the latest idea from the Seattle company, known for helping people purchase houses directly with cash.

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  • Savills veteran joins startup Propster

    Placetech

    Dominic Grace, former head of London Residential Development at Savills, has joined Austrian startup Propster months after it launched its UK business. Grace, who worked at Savills for 37 years, was appointed special adviser to guide the company amid its UK expansion.

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  • Improving Efficiency, Quality and Insights in Architecture, Part 1

    CREtech

    Don Weinreich, Partner at Ennead Architects, discusses the three criteria he has when looking at technology solutions for his company,  and how he quantifies the value of a strong company culture.

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  • General Services Administration (GSA) awards LiquidSpace contract to provide Flexible Coworking Services to government employees

    LiquidSpace

    On August 18, 2021 the General Services Administration (GSA) announced that LiquidSpace has been awarded a contract to provide Flexible Coworking Services (FCS) in support of the GSA’s Total Workplace Program. The program seeks to enable client agencies to focus on their mission by providing effective coworking solutions aligned with their operations. This is the culmination of an 18 month evaluation process by the GSA to create a streamlined procurement program to help federal agencie…

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  • NFTs Are Here To Stay, Dominate And Slay

    Crunchbase News

    Everything blockchain comes in waves and cycles, and the nonfungible token craze is absolutely no exception. The hype wave of the first half of 2021 as many celebrities raced to cash in on the mania ultimately fizzled out. Still, the NFT obituaries that started circulating the crypto press were premature, just like the frequent talk of Bitcoin’s imminent demise.

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  • Proptech startup funding on track to break real estate industry records in 2021

    PR Newswire

    The number of real estate technology startups has increased 300% over the past decade, seizing the opportunity to address the industry’s biggest challenges through technology. Data released today by JLL (NYSE: JLL) suggests that opportunity continues to abound in the sector’s startup landscape, with over US$9.7 billion of funding activity in the first half of 2021, the most active first half on record. Additionally, the market shows signs of maturation as funding begins to shift toward establish…

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  • WeWork expands hour-at-a-time office bookings

    Axios

    WeWork’s OnDemand product that lets anyone book office space for an hour at a time is going international, expanding from the U.S. to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Singapore and Australia. The big picture: The pandemic has given rise to a remote and hybrid work revolution, but that doesn’t always mean working from home. WeWork is betting that “third workplaces” — like its offices around the world — will become hotspots for teleworkers. The backdrop: The rise of telework initially seemed dis…

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  • HAMMERBROOKLYN. DIGITAL PAVILLON BECOMES FIRST TO RECEIVE PLATINUM SMART BUILDING CERTIFICATION IN GERMANY

    Smart Building Certification

    Smart Building Certification is proud to award Art-Invest Real Estate, the real estate developer of Hammerbrooklyn. Digital Pavillon, a Platinum Smart Building Certification. The 7,300 sq meter innovation hub and office building, which was delivered to community space Factory in mid 2021, is the first building in Germany to achieve the certification. “What Art-Invest Real Estate has created with their Hammerbrooklyn. Digital Pavillon is an outstanding building, setting new standards for susta…

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